The Barents Sea Ice Sheet (IMAGE)

UiT The Arctic University of Norway

The Barents Sea Ice Sheet

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The Barents Sea Ice Sheet covered large areas in the northern Eurasia some 22,000 years ago. It retreated fairly rapidly, which in geological terms means over thousands of years.

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Illustration: Henry Patton/CAGE. Paper in prep.

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